AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ROZGAR YOJANA (ABRY)

1 EPFO EPFO. Procedure and Instructions for availing bene ts under this Scheme: To implement ABRY, EPFO has deployed electronic facility AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT . on Employer's portal ROZGAR YOJANA (ABRY). The employer has to update Form 5A, disclose the reference base of employees through a link in the Objectives: Employer's login on EPFO Uni ed Portal to register As part of the AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT package, the Central under ABRY. Govt. launched the AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT ROZGAR YOJANA Employer to obtain and verify declaration regarding (ABRY) to incentivize creation of new employment previous membership from employees joining the opportunities during the COVID-19 recovery phase by establishment before registering such employee as new providing assistance to the employers of establishments employee under ABRY. registered with EPFO to recruit unemployed persons To avail bene ts on month to month basis, declaration & including re-employment of those who were rendered un- ECR in respect of all employees is to be led by employed during the Pandemic.

2 Considering the disruption employers caused by the consequent second wave of Covid-19. Employer has to le one Electronic Challan cum Return pandemic, the Central Government has extended the validity (ECR) in respect of all employees including new period of registration up to employees for each wage month within 60 days of the close of that wage month. However, the employer shall Nature and scale of Incentive: be liable for belated submission of ECR and consequent I n c e n t i ve f o r E m p l o ye r s o f E P F O r e g i s t e r e d liability of interest due u/s 7Q. establishments & their New Employees with monthly Any revision/correction/modi cation in such ECR is not wage less than allowed to claim any enhanced bene t at any future date Incentive is inform of payment of both employees &. The employer shall not make any deduction towards employer's contributions 24% of wages in r/o new employee's share of EPF contribution from the monthly employees in Es s employing upto 1000 employees &.

3 Wages of any new employee and disburse the wages employee's EPF contributions 12% of wages in r/o without such deduction. new employees in es s employing more than 1000. Establishments working as contractors engaged in employees. providing manpower to one or more principal The incentive is payable by the Central Government by employers shall not claim bene t of employers' share upfront credit in the UANs of the new employees. under this Scheme if the same is claimed or received from the principal employer. Validity Period: Employers and Establishments shall be responsible for For registration of eligible employers and new employees the correctness of all particulars submi ed for claiming w From1st October,2020. ABRY bene t. w Upto 30th June, 2021. The central government has Progress under the scheme as on extended the validity period of registration by 9. A total of 1,12,060 establishments involving a total of months up to 36,60,141 employees have availed the bene t of Rs.

4 2, For payment of incentive inform of EPF contributions 24. crore. This includes 32,08,272 new employees and 4,51,869 Wage months from date of registration of new employees employees who had lost their jobs during the pandemic and have been re-employed. Bene ciaries: For further details refer to Scheme Guidelines document New employee means any employee drawing wages accessible under Tab ABRY on homepage less than Rs15000 per month . of EPFO website ( ). EPFO EPFO. w who was not working in any EPFO registered w Establishments must continue to employ at least establishment and did not have a Universal two or ve new employees, as the case may be, in Account Number (UAN) prior to 01st October, addition to the number of employees on the cut- 2020 who joins employment in any establishment o date for availing assistance under this Scheme on or after up to and who is for any wage month. allo ed Aadhaar validated UAN. For establishments registering with EPFO from w any EPF member, already allo ed with UAN, who to made exit from employment during the period from to (Covid Pandemic) w Since, the reference base of employees is zero, from any establishment and who joins in any establishment is eligible even if one new employee establishment on or after and up to joins.

5 W If any such establishment registers voluntarily with less than 20 employees and continues to maintain Reference base of Employees: less than 20 employees during the validity period of For establishments already registered as on this Scheme, such establishment will not be w Contributory UAN sin ECR of wage month Sept. allowed to exit from statutory Schemes under EPF. 2020 led within & MP Act, 1952 and bene ciaries who received w In case ECR of wage month Sept. 2020 led within bene t shall not be allowed to make nal after but within ,contributory UANs in the ECR of wage month of September, withdrawals until expiry of a period of two years 2020, or contributory UANs in the last ECR which after validity period of this Scheme. was led up to , whichever is higher. For establishments registering from to Eligibility criteria for Employees: Employers of eligible establishment have to register w The reference base of workers shall be treated as their new employee during the period from zero to For all establishments The new employee should have Aadhaar seeded w Entire employees' strength will be counted for Universal Account Number.

6 Reckoning the eligibility criteria (50 / 1000. The bene t shall be paid for the wage months in which employees as the case may be) for an establishment having more than one EPF registration numbers. new employee continues to be in employment in any eligible establishment subject to a maximum 24. Eligibility criteria for establishments: months from date of registration as new employee. For establishments already registered with EPFO as on Any eligible new employee under this Scheme shall become ineligible if his/her monthly wage exceeds w Es s employing up to 50 employees have to add 14999/- at any point of time during this scheme period. minimum 2 new employees and Es s employing Bene ts not available to any new employee who is a more than 50 employees have to add Minimum 5 registered bene ciary under PMRPY / PMPRPY. new employees to the reference base and retain the number of employees in reference base on month to month basis to be eligible for bene ts.